Lost no More: Recovering Frances Ellen Watkins Harper's* Forest

Frances Ellen Watkins Harper's first book of poems had been considered lost to history for well over one hundred years. Johanna Ortner shares the tale of recovering this incredibly valuable text--and shares the text itself--with the readers of Common-place.

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Lost no More: Recovering Frances Ellen Watkins Harper's* Forest Leaves - Commonplace - The Journal of early American Life

Lost no More: Recovering Frances Ellen Watkins Harper's* Forest Leaves - Commonplace - The Journal of early American Life